Anonymous Hacks KKK Twitter Account After Ferguson Threats

Anonymous just went to war with the Ku Klux Klan. Following the KKK’s threats of violence against protestors in Ferguson, Missouri, the hacktivist collection Anonymous decided to take over the group’s primary Twitter account in a campaign they are calling #OpKKK. The group has also been threatening to “unhood” KKK members by publishing their identities and personal social media information online.

They initially used denial of service attacks to take down the group’s website, which for a time produced an error message (it appears to be back up now):